shaster Meaning, Definition & Usage

Shas"ter, Shas"tra noun (Also<
  • Shaster
  • Shastra
)
Etymology
Skr. castra an order or command, a sacred book, fr. cas to order, instruct, govern. Cf. Sastra.
Definitions
  1. A treatise for authoritative instruction among the Hindoos; a book of institutes; especially, a treatise explaining the Vedas. Written also sastra.

Webster 1913